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dad1758

paigeg wrote:OK, I've seen this in at least three different derbies, and I still don't know what the heck it is. Or how it applied to any of the themes. Is this the 'New Pucker'?

Actually, this was submitted on 1 previous derby but the category did not fit the drawing so I withdrew it. This is like a science project gone wrong, those geneticists; ya just never know what they can come up with.

paigeg

Aside from the debate as to whether this is on theme or not, I can't get behind this shirt. It appears to me to be constructed from various stock vectors and brushes, which means it's less art, and more compilation. Doesn't really float my boat.

mindputtee

I actually like this version much better. I couldn't tell from the thumbnail, but now that I see the close up I can see that he's actually holding the flower in a pipette. Very nice touch, those little details make it.

paigeg

I'll add my vote to help out - this certainly deserves a shot.
One niggling thing is bothering me, tho. Is that photo clipart moon hiding there in the corner? WHY? The rest is so well done, the moon just seems out of place, and kinda cheapens it for me.
Nevertheless - really terrific idea and (mostly) composition.

SnowQueenVT

Paige, that last image on your shirt cracks me up! I have a cat who hates to be touched because she hurt her back. One time My friend Lewis had to catsit....he didn't know much about cats, when she hid in the basement he wanted to get her out. Anyway, he put on oven mitts to try to pick her up...this is a big huge tough guy, wearing oven mitts trying to catch a cat....well anyway , it traumatized him for life.There he was, running up the stairs wearing oven mitts carrying my poor cat as far away from his face as possible, as fast as he could! (He would get this shirt immediately!!)

Blenman

goldprodigy wrote:Before I descend into my rant I must qualify my statement. I mean no offense to you as I haven't been on shirtwoot long enough to be familiar with anyone's work. That being said, I am disgusted by the shirtwoot community because by simply illustrating a cat,artists seem to instantaneously place in the top 15 shirts and likely gets his or her shirt printed, regardless of the minimal amount of thought going into the message of the shirt. Further more, all these internet references have been beaten to death and yet the simple minded shirtwoot community consistently vote them into the top 3.

Who honestly takes this seriously enough to care? It's not like we're voting for the next world leader...

I like the vague icanhazcheezeburger reference. It took me a sec to figure it out. lol

P.S. I like the W00T encouragement: "
Yeah! You Tell `Em

You're not gonna sit there and let that jerkface get away with saying that, are you?
"

AdderXYU

faultylogic83 wrote:Why not reject a shirt in the fog? Let's base it on the the potential 200+ complaints that they might have to deal with from the "I don't care about the rules, I want that shirt" crowd. As opposed to ignoring the ten people who complain that it doesn't fit the rules.
Plus there is generally more of your more popular (better selling) artists in the fog, and I'm sure Woot doesn't upset their better performing "talent".

paigeg

SnowQueenVT wrote:Paige, that last image on your shirt cracks me up! I have a cat who hates to be touched because she hurt her back. One time My friend Lewis had to catsit....he didn't know much about cats, when she hid in the basement he wanted to get her out. Anyway, he put on oven mitts to try to pick her up...this is a big huge tough guy, wearing oven mitts trying to catch a cat....well anyway , it traumatized him for life.There he was, running up the stairs wearing oven mitts carrying my poor cat as far away from his face as possible, as fast as he could! (He would get this shirt immediately!!)

(Good One!)

Lol! Our cousins have a cat named Toby, who routinely mauls anyone and everyone. Every time I hear anyonen speak of him, I picture the 'cat next door' from Peanuts - usually just a blur of motion, random claws, stars, exclamation points... I wanted to do something like that, but just couldn't pull it together.

paigeg

kdeuce wrote:it's 100% done in PS. stoked you ask, though, as i struggle to get a good pencil look in PS.

You're kidding, rite? I may not be great at discerning these things, but I certainly thought some of your stuff (Sullen) was hand-done and scanned. Which is not a bad thing by any stretch.
By contrast, I can do a nice sketchy style on paper, but can't get it to translate to digital very well. I mess with Threshold, etc., but my lines still look weeny.

katfin25

hahaha otterific. I'm in a polymer engineering and science phd program, and at the annual holiday party a few of the professors always play together as the band "Poly and the Mers" I thought it was a joke the first time I saw a flyer, but they are pretty serious about it... lol

paigeg

goldprodigy wrote:Before I descend into my rant I must qualify my statement. I mean no offense to you as I haven't been on shirtwoot long enough to be familiar with anyone's work. That being said, I am disgusted by the shirtwoot community because by simply illustrating a cat,artists seem to instantaneously place in the top 15 shirts and likely gets his or her shirt printed, regardless of the minimal amount of thought going into the message of the shirt. Further more, all these internet references have been beaten to death and yet the simple minded shirtwoot community consistently vote them into the top 3.

Hey, take a look at my crappy cat - not a prayer of placing anywhere in the top 20! I agree on the memes and stuff, but be a tetch more selective in your 'rant'. Sometimes, the 'cat' is right, sometimes trite and boring. Like a rabbit. Or a penguin. Or a dinosaur. Not every sub will be brilliant. Not every print will be brilliant. I live to hope some of the really awe.some also-rans will HM, EC, print elsewhere...
(Note to self - hit Lucky up on Threadless for that bitching Japanese movie monster tee!).

equus17

I like this shirt a lot. Very aesthetically pleasing for one, and I dig the color scheme. I can see where people are coming from saying that it is "not on theme", but I get it-- butterflies and plants (and all living things) are made of carbon. Artistic and subtle, I love it.

swammi1203

mindputtee wrote:Haha I know, I'm actually a chem major, but the lines are representative of the energy levels the electrons can exist at, it might be hard to see, but there is a small s orbital w/ 2 electrons, then a larger px orbital with two as well and then a py and pz orbital with 1 electron each, as in the ground state configuration of carbon. This modeling of an atom is used because while it might not be as technically accurate it is easier to describe bonding from this point of view.

I am inspired to vote for this shirt by your dedication to chemistry. I may not be a chem major as well, but I am the crazy cousin from engineering.

Also, this shirt is very good. I hope it prints, and that all the equations turn out all right (if anything, that is my only reservation with this shirt).

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